Vehicle mounted soil sampler
a soil sampler and vehicle-mounted technology, applied in the field of vehicle-mounted soil samplers, can solve the problems of many chemical additives damaging crops, large expense each, and high cost of hydrocarbons and other chemicals based on oil
Active Publication Date: 2013-11-05
MARKER RONALD
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The vehicle mounted soil sampler is a device that can be attached to a vehicle to collect soil samples. It includes a mast with a hitch mounting plate and a hitch bar. The device also has a support plate with a motor and gear housing. A gear rack with gear teeth is held by the gear housing and is movable parallel to the mast. The gear rack is limited in its movement by a guide bearing attached to the support plate. The device also has a tubular soil probe with an open slot and a spoon bar that can be moved into and out of the open slot to catch soil samples. The device is designed to be easily attached to a vehicle and to collect soil samples efficiently.
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Hydrocarbons and other chemicals based on oil are relatively expensive and will most likely become more expensive in coming years.
Farmers have also learned that many chemical additives will damage crops if the concentrations are too high.
A significant expense is incurred each time a chemical is applied as a liquid, a gas, a powder or as granular solids.
However, some chemicals need to be applied when none of the above activities are appropriate.
The number of soil samples that can be obtained in a given period of time is limited by the apparatus employed to obtain each soil sample.
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[0023]The vehicle mounted soil sampler 10 includes a generally vertical mast 12. The generally vertical mast 12 is a metal tube 14. The metal tube 14 is preferably a light weight metal such as aluminum or titanium.
[0024]A hitch mount assembly 16, as shown in FIG. 2, includes a steel hitch tube 18 and a steel plate 20. The hitch tube 18 is sized to be telescopically received in a receiver hitch 22 mounted on a vehicle 24. The receiver hitch 22 may be on the front, side or rear of the vehicle 24. A retainer pin, not shown, passes through a bore through the receiver hitch 22 and through a bore through the hitch tube 18. The bore through the hitch tube 18 is horizontal. Multiple bores can be provided in the hitch tube 18 if desired to accommodate different positions of the receiver hitch 22 relative to a vehicle 24 and to adjust the distance between the soil sampler 10 and portions of the vehicle. The steel plate 20 of the hitch mount assembly 16 is welded to an end 30 of the hitch tube...
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Abstract
The vehicle mounted soil sampler includes a vertical mast tube connected to a receiver hitch mounted on a vehicle. A support plate is clamped to the mast. A drive shaft and gear, driven by a motor, is journaled in a gear housing mounted on the support plate. An elongated gear rack is parallel to the vertical mast and moved vertically by the drive shaft and gear in the gear housing. A tubular soil probe with an open bottom end and an open slot is attached to the gear rack. A spoon bar is pivotally attached to the mast tube. A spoon bar lower end is urged into the open slot and removes soil from the tubular soil probe during upward movement of the gear rack. A soil sample container catches soil discharged from the soil probe. A plastic guide bearing guides the gear rack.
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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONTechnical Field[0001]The vehicle mounted soils sampler includes a soil probe mounted on a vehicle, for vertical movement into an agricultural field, which is driven down into the soil to obtain a soil sample, raised to lift the soil sample from the field, and deposits the soil sample in a soil collector for soil analysis.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]Farmers have in the past taken soil samples in a few selected positions in a farm field. The soil samples were analyzed to determine what plant nutrients were lower than desired for the next crop and to determine the effective hydrogen-ion concentration (pH). Chemicals were then applied to the entire field based on a few soil samples. The application of chemicals was based on an assumption that the same chemicals were needed in the entire field. Sometimes it was assumed that other fields in the same general area needed the same additives without analysis of soil samples from each of these other f...
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IPC IPC(8): G01N1/04
CPCG01N1/08G01N33/24
InventorMARKER, RONALD
OwnerMARKER RONALD